House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.  

Part III.

Amends GS 87-1, which sets out who is considered to be a general contractor, by excluding a person providing installation, maintenance, or replacement services related to floor covering services or painting services related to the construction or improvement of a building or structure. (Was, just a person providing services related to floor coverings and painting.) Specifies that the provision of those services for a  building falling under the NC Residential Code (Code) does not require a building permit under GS 160D-1110 or under GS 143-138 (concerning the NC State Building Code). Makes organizational changes.

Part V.

Specifies that a contractor must respond to a notice of claim concerning a construction defect under GS 87-152 in writing and that if the claimant chooses to accept a contractor’s offer to settle, they must do so in writing. Enacts GS 87-155, tolling any statute of limitations under new Article 9 of GS Chapter 87 until the later of when any of four listed events occur, including when either the claimant denies the general contractor’s offer to settle (described herein) or the general contractor denies the claimant’s claim, or when either party determines the general contractor cannot or will not repair the defect and provides written notice to the other party of the same.

Part VI.

Further modifies GS 130A-280 (concerning scope of laws applying to public swimming pools), as amended by Section 4.51 of SL 2024-49, as follows. Broadens the scope of pools excluded from Article 8 (concerning sanitation) of GS Chapter 130A to include floatation or sensory deprivation systems certified by the National Sanitation Foundation to meet the most current version of Standard 50 of the National Sanitation Foundation/American National Standards Institute.

Makes conforming changes, including to Part titles.